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What We Know About Covid's Origins
Season 5 · Episode 144

What We Know About Covid's Origins

Prognosis: Misconception · Bloomberg

December 30, 20209m 41s

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Show Notes

Scientists have long believed the source of the pandemic can be traced back to bats. Pioneering research by an Australian veterinarian named Dr. Hume Field more than 20 years ago showed why bats are an important host of some of humanity's most feared viruses. Bloomberg senior editor Jason Gale recently caught up with Hume to hear more about how the SARS-CoV-2 virus got from bats to people.

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